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Cats May Have Gotten Bird Flu From Raw Pet Food. Here’s What to Know.

polite2 months ago014 mins

Federal officials who spent the last year grappling with a surge of bird flu infections in cows and people are now confronting a spate of new cases in cats, some of which have died after eating contaminated, uncooked pet food. Since early December, more than two dozen cases have been confirmed in domestic cats in…

First Bird Flu Death in U.S. Reported in Louisiana

polite2 months ago06 mins

A Louisiana patient who had been hospitalized with severe bird flu has died, the first such fatality in the United States, state health officials reported on Monday. The patient was older than 65 and had underlying medical conditions, the officials said. The individual became infected with the bird flu virus, H5N1, after exposure to a…